Product Description

Christmas is coming, and Laura and Mary are helping Ma to get ready for a merry visit from the relatives in the Big Woods. Christmas Day brings lots of fun and surprises, including a very special gift for Laura.

Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books have been cherished by generations of readers. Now the youngest readers can share in her adventures in these very special picture books adapted from the beloved stories. Renie Graef's warm, color paintings, inspired by Garth Williams' classic Little House illustrations, bring Laura and her family lovingly to life. Recommended for ages 3 to 8.

Publisher's Description

Long ago, a little girl named Laura Ingalls lived in a little house in the Big Woods of Wisconsin with her Pa, her Ma, her sisters, Mary and Carrie, and their good old bulldog, Jack. Winter was just around the corner, and Laura worked hard to help make the little house ready for the cold days ahead. Soon there was frost on the windows and snow on the ground, but Laura and her folks were warm and cozy in their snug little house in the Big Woods.

Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books have been cherished by generations of readers. Now for the first time, the youngest readers can share her adventures in these very special picture books adapted from Laura Ingalls Wilder's beloved storybooks. Renée Graef's warm paintings, inspired by Garth Williams' classic Little House illustrations, bring Laura and her family lovingly to life.

Author Bio

Laura Ingalls Wilder was born in 1867 in the log cabin described in Little House in the Big Woods. She and her family traveled by covered wagon across the Midwest. Later, Laura and her husband, Almanzo Wilder, made their own covered-wagon trip with their daughter, Rose, to Mansfield, Missouri. There, believing in the importance of knowing where you began in order to appreciate how far you've come, Laura wrote about her childhood growing up on the American frontier. For millions of readers Laura lives on forever as the little pioneer girl in the beloved Little House books.

Renée Graef received her bachelor's degree in art from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. She is the illustrator of numerous titles in the Little House publishing program, as well as Rodgers and Hammerstein's My Favorite Things and E.T.A Hoffman's The Nutcracker, adapted by Janet Schulman. She lives in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, with her husband and two children.

This book has great illustrations and a simple-to-read story for young ones. I bought it for our church library and was surprised and very disappointed that it did not mention Jesus during the Ingalls' Christmas celebration. NO MENTION OF GOD, JESUS OR FAITH. If you want to take Christ out of Chrismas then this book is for you.

I was thrilled to find the Laura Ingalls Wilder "Little House" series in a set designed for younger kids. I have a 3 and a half year old daughter who loved the first one I gave her. I have a second one put up for Christmas and it is very hard not to give it to her now. She loved the story and I am so happy to share the memories with her. I read the whole set when I was about 10. I look forward to completing the set for my daughter.